.11 16—Friday, Felsreary 26, 1971 Worldwide Demand for - Israeli Stamps Seen Growing THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Hadassah Scientist Devises Cancer Test LOS ANGELES—An indication as to what the world thinks of a nation's stability and 'integrity is how its postage stamps and stamp souvenir sheets are regarded by the world's knowledgeable stamp collectors, in the opinion of Israel I. Bick, noted Los Angeles philate- list and stamp historian. Based on this, says Bick, Israel's reputation is one to be envied by much longer established nations. From the very first day the new state was declared, its stamps have been eagerly sought by sophisti- cated as well as new collectors in practically every nation. Bick attributes this to a number of circumstances. A major attrac- Israeli stamps to decorate the tion, especially to collectors of his- Christmas and Hanuka. cards sent toric stamps, is the headline- to his friends and b.traim es s making international role of the associates. young state. Some collectors desire them also because a their beauty, the quality of the engravings and their subject matter. Still others because they are symbolic of Israel's culture and struggles. An important factor, too, is those who collect as an investment consider the possibility of their increasing value. Bick cites examples how this demand has changed the value of a number of Israel's stamps and souvenir covers. Israel's first issue, on May 16, 1948, consisted of a set of nine stamps of_dif- ferent values. Known to philate- lists as the First Coin Set, they were illustrated with engravings of Hebrew coins of the ancient UAHC Plans National Licensing of Reform School Principals 1. NEW YORK (JTA) — Planning will begin this spring on the first national program for licensing of principals of Reform religious schools as one element of a re- organization and expansion of the program of religious education of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Reform con- gregational agency reported. The licensing program will be one of the tasks of the UAHC de- partment of professional education, formerly the department of teach- er education. Rabbi Manuel Gold is director of the re-named depart- ment. The UAHC department of adult education has been re-named the department of continuing edu- cation. Its director is Abraham Dr. Chloe Tat of the department of oncology, Hadassah-Hebrew - Segal, who had served as director of the UAHC department of teach- University Medical Center, has found that by using her new tech- er education. nique, a serologically distinct protein, which she calls T-globulin (Tumor-globulin), can be shown to be present in the blood serum of Certification for Reform school cancer patients of various types and of pregnant women. It will not principals outside of the New be apparent in the serum of patients with a wide variety of other York Metropolitan area will be diseases, nor in the serum of nonpregnant, normal individuals. This handled through the professional new, simple test makes the early diagnosis of cancer possible. education department. Asked Bar Kochba period. The total cost of these nine stamps in Israel at the time of issue was 1,853 pruta, the Israel coinage at that time, approxi- mately $9 in United States money. The current catalogue price, based on the last sale at auction of a set of these nine stamps in mint con- dition is $400. A set of these same First Coin stamps on a sheet still bearing the original description tab is valued today at $1,500. To philatelists, Israel is a nation of stamp collectors. One year after the formation of the state, despite all its problems, on May 1-6, 1949, Israel held its rust National Stamp Exhibition. The Israel Post Minis- try issued at the time a souvenir sheet commemorating the event. It sold at the exhibition for 100 pruta; its value today is $50. _ This deep Interest in Israeli stamps, Bick believes, has an effect on world opinion. He points out that the- vast number of collectors throughout the world who seek out these stamps includes every -faith and ethnic origin. He recalls an English collector, an Episcopalian what the value of such licensing would be to the principal, Segal told the Jewish Telegraphic Ag- deacon, who purchased over 500 ency that the program had a (From the files of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency) parallel in the program of licens- ing of teachers for Reform Franco-Israel Trade Pact 40 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK: 1931 schools. Might Be Eipanded Hadassah said that Jewish women in Palestine had the world's Emphasizing that the national JERUSALEM (JTA)—A French lowest death reate, 2 per 1,000, and that infant mortality had dropped UAHC did not control schools of from 131/1,000 to 90/1,000 in half a decade. member synagogues, he said that economic mission arrived, here this This Week in JeWish History week to negotiate the renewal of the Franco-Israel trade agreement signed in 1953. The agreement has been renewed automatically every year. But the Six Jews were among 14 Mensheviks indicted in Moscow on charges of preaching capitalism and overthrow of the government and the Red Army. King Fuad, visiting the Egyptian Exhibition, chose a girl at the Jewish-schools booth for kisses on both cheeks. Alexander Holossi, acting editor of Hitler's Voelkischer Beobachter, was found to a a converted Jew, originally Adolph Hollander. The House voted 295-86 for a bill reducing immigration by 90 per cent over two years. Meyer Dizengoff, mayor of Tel Aviv, was 70. Jacob Koppel Sandler, composer of "Eli, Eli," died in obscurity in Brooklyn—unknown to a world that thought the 35-year-old melody was traditional. generally it was the policy of the schools to recognize the improved qualifications of teachers who earned licenses by upgrading their salaries and that presumably **suasion to the industrial spiere. similar benefits would accrue to principals licensed in the new na- tional program. He reported that another phase of the new Reform education ap- proach involved revival of a form- er UAHC adult education prOgram called "Torah Tours," in which well-known Reform rabbis emeri- tus will give lecture•Institutes at• several different Reform congre- gations within a region over * oeriod of a weekend, a week or longer. 10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK: 1961 High administration sources said a rumor that President Kennedy would go slow on Mideast peacemaking had been spread by State De- partment Arabists. • • The American Jewish Congress said President Kennedy was "al- ready overdue" on "pledges to deal effectively with racial and religious discrimination by use of his Presidential powers." Israeli general elections appeared imminent when three Mapal coaltion members—Progressives, Mapam and Ahdut Haavoda—refused to serve again in a Ben-Gurion administration. The Premier, in turn, refused to run on a slate including former Defense Minister Plaits& Many War Criminals Still -Free in GeirMany days after he lifted the Jewish emigration ban. The Premier's office said Israel would have a 6 million population. by 2000, with one million . theili Arabs. West Germany's Education Ministry said "concern with totalitar- ianism is one of the basic tsks of the political education of our youth." Albert Rapp, an aide to Hinunler accused of 1,500 wartime mur- Israel Affairs Group Will Meet Congressmen WASHINGTON — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee will hold its 12th annual policy conference in Washington, D.C. on Israel's 23rd birthday, April 29-30, it was announced by Irving Kane of Cleveland, chairman. Tbe , coaderates will sponsor Imams. for wombed-' of the Senate and House on Capitol at whidi. Ambassador Mak Rabin and leading members of Congress will speak. 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